[modeleng] Re: White Metal Bearing Material

I have a good source of steam oil although the lube oil there isn't good 
enough for models. I was recommended 20-50, it sticks to the bearing 
surfaces better for smaller engines.

Dave.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Livingston" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 1:52 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: White Metal Bearing Material


Dave,

Steam cylinder oil seems to work fine on all of my locomotives, but then
they are not full sized like your example by a long shot.  My bearings are
all bronze Oilite® type so maybe that helps too.  The driver axle journals
in my American 4-4-0 are Lear Seigler Teflon and should need no lubrication
according to what I have read. My "Newbie Project" is automatically  lubed
by leakage around the oscillating cylinders  Everything in the vicinity of
the engine, including the primary drive chain, crank, frame floor and main
bearings is always dripping with the gooey stuff.  If you doubt me, you can
ask either Charles Brumbelow or Al Messer.  I have almost 5 gallons of what
was the Cadillac of steam cylinder oils, Sharvania®.  I said WAS, because
Sharvania is, alas, no more after being bought out by some other oil company
who was not interested in the steam cylinder oil line.  I have had the 5
gallons, minus what I have used, for about 25 years and it has not "gone
bad"  as I have heard some of the newer "steam oils" doing.

Jesse in W. Tennessee where it kept trying to snow all day without success.

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